For delegates who want to do some career planning, are stuck in their career, feel they are not maximising their opportunities, or are unsure where they want to go next.

Content

• Your Chaotic Career Map: the ever present threats in a job

• Your Talents and Vision

• Spike in these areas and never worry again: Maximise relationships and functional skill

• How to maximise your Opportunity Flow: compelling messages about your value, visibility and building a powerbase

• Your one-page career plan / dashboard

• Fast track to a new job

For delegates who are in a new role and want to succeed during the crucial first 90 – 100 days.

Content:

• Clarify Success

• Help your boss win

• Observe and Discover: knowing the “lay of the land” before jumping in with ideas

• Develop a Vision and Strategy

• The Right Team

• Understanding Culture and Fit in

• Map the Political Landscape, align with Key Players and avoid Landmines

• Create your Development Plan, get small wins and execute

For delegates in transition, who are looking to become a solopreneur or who are not satisfied with how they are perceived by colleagues

Content:

• Rate your Brand: Self and Other’s perceptions

• Identify your Talents, a compelling Mission, and consistent Values

• Make it Unique and WOW factor

• Make sure your Brand has impact

• How to prove your value and create messages that compel

• Brand Image and Brand consistency

This course will completely update your understanding of, and approach to job interviews. You will learn how to prepare a bank of example answers, make them interesting, structure your answers, avoid waffle and stay on point. You will also learn how to remain calm and upbeat in an interview, and know how to best cope with a range of challenging situations. Delegates will leave with their ability to answer a range of questions dramatically raised.

Content

• Prepare effectively for interviews

• How to research the company and the job

• Know how to boost the impression you make

• What employers look for? Employability, attitude, and fit.

• Practice answering different kinds of question: e.g., tell me about yourself?

• STAR technique

• What to do if you get thrown / go blank?

• Q&A on common questions: e.g., why are you leaving your current position? strengths and weaknesses? etc.

• Asking your own questions and ending the interview

This workshop is for delegates who want to completely update their CV and produce one which is modern and presents themselves in the best possible light. We will learn how to write influential and impactful personal profiles, achievement statements and cover letters. The learning from this workshop will also be directly relevant to application forms.

Content:

• Mistakes people make in their CVs and Application forms

• CV styles and layouts – which is best for me?

• Assess and identify my strengths and achievements

• Presenting my skills, knowledge, attributes and experience in the best way

• ‘Personal profiles’ and how to write them

• Cover letters that make a difference

• How to answer competence-based questions in application forms

• Tips on Job Seeking